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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5513209 | Resampling synchronizer of digitally sampled signals A digital resampling system is provided for converting a first digital signal to a second digital signal, where both signals represent the same analog signal but sampled at two different clock rates which are not phase-locked together. A filter is clocked... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5465206 | Electronic bill pay system A bill pay system wherein participating consumers pay bills to participating billers through a payment network operating according to preset rules. The participating consumers receive bills from participating billers (paper/mail bills, e-mail notices, imp... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5446685 | Pulsed ground circuit for CAM and PAL memories A content-addressable memory wherein match transistors are prevented from discharging a match line by either placing transistors in series with the match transistors and only turning them on during a match sensing period, or a match sense line which is dr... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5446560 | Method and apparatus for raster to block and block to raster pixel conversion A converter for reading image bands in block order and outputting the image bands in raster order or vice versa is provided, including a band memory for storing a number of pixels equal to the number of pixels in an image band, an array of counters couple... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5435001 | Method of state determination in lock-stepped processors A processor interface chip and a maintenance diagnostic chip are provided coupled with two microprocessors designed to be run in tandem. The processor interface chip includes logic for interfacing between the microprocessors and a main memory, logic for p... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5430480 | Sensor driven global motion compensation A motion sensor is mounted within a camera, and measures motion data such as translation, rotation, and zoom. The motion data is then associated with the video frame data captured by the camera. In some embodiments, the motion data is used to remove jitte... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428623 | Scannable interface to nonscannable microprocessor A diagnostic system for diagnosing states of circuit elements is described, wherein scannable circuits can be scanned without disturbing the state of unscannable circuits or violating protocols of busses on which unscannable devices are attached. One unsc... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5408328 | Compressed image virtual editing system In an image compression system using a typical image compression scheme, a pointer array is provided to point to each of the many MCUs in a compressed image file. From all the blocks of an image, a subset of the blocks is selected as a virtual image. The ... | 04/18/1995 |
